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Berserker, Lewis Chessmen, British Museum. Both archaeological finds and written sources testify that both board games and dice games were played as a popular pastime by the Vikings, at all levels of society. Preserved gaming pieces and boards show game boards made of a wide range of materials.

"Berserker" Rook. The Lewis Chessmen are a group of 78 12th-century chess pieces, most of which are carved in walrus ivory. Discovered on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

"Berserker, Lewis Chessmen, British Museum. Both archaeological finds and written sources testify that both board games and dice games were played as a popular pastime by the Vikings, at all levels of society. Preserved gaming pieces and boards show game boards made of a wide range of materials."

Saber, hilt, 19th century; blade, probably 18th century with early 19th century decoration. Hilt, Turkish or N. African; blade, Iranian, Turkish decoration. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 (36.25.1632) | The fine blade of crucible ("watered") steel is typically Iranian but was decorated at a later date by a Turkish craftsman. The decoration includes verses from the "Burda," a mystical poem by the thirteenth-century author al-Bu Siri. #sword

Metropolitan Museum

Saber, hilt, 19th century; blade, probably 18th century with early 19th century decoration. Hilt, Turkish or N. African; blade, Iranian, Turkish decoration. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 (36.25.1632) | The fine blade of crucible (&quot;watered&quot;) steel is typically Iranian but was decorated at a later date by a Turkish craftsman. The decoration includes verses from the &quot;Burda,&quot; a mystical poem by the thirteenth-century author al-Bu Siri. <a href='\/search?q=sword' class='pintag' title='#sword search Pinterest' rel='nofollow'>#sword<\/a>

anglo saxon

Medieval gold ring with niello, Saxon period, 9th century

Extremely rare gold saxon ring with a flat circular bezel engraved with a champlevé zoomorphic pattern inlaid with black niello, displaying a fantastic beast, the sinuous body shown in profile with only two legs visible, Y-shaped paws, turned-back head, biting it's own tail. The hoop is formed by a single wire twisted like a torque, a typical early saxon design, the shoulders terminating in foliate motifs. England, Northumbria (?), probably late 9th century

Viking medallion ? skeptical...looks later period

Great Moravia or Great Moravian Empire,was the first West Slavic state which emerged from "the most powerful tribal area in Central Europe". Its core territories were located on the northern Morava River along the present-day border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The exact date of the founding of the Moravian state is controversial, but it is supposed that the state building process was completed in the early 830s under Mojmir I (r. 820s/830s–846), who is the first known Moravian ruler.

Chain with Birds and Geometric Motifs. 1000–1200. Made in, Kiev (probably). Culture: Kievan Rus'. Cloisonné enamel, gold. Chains, called riazni, were created from small cloisonné enamel medallions. The chains may have joined layers of dress, been worn as necklaces or bracelets, or used to suspend circular or crescent-shaped pendants known as temple pendants or kolti.

Chain with Birds and Geometric Motifs. 1000–1200. Made in, Kiev (probably). Culture: Kievan Rus'. Cloisonné enamel, gold. Chains, called riazni, were created from small cloisonné enamel medallions. The chains may have joined layers of dress, been worn as necklaces or bracelets, or used to suspend circular or crescent-shaped pendants known as temple pendants or kolti.